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Theres no early voting there. hillary clinton, if she does not win it, she drops to 258 in the electoral vote. heres the thing. this is a state that they are focusing on. obama is going to be there tomorrow in ann arbor. mike pence is going to be in travers city. weve got bill clinton whos going to be in lansing over the next 24 hours. why is -- help us understand why michigan and what situation is going on there and why it is so pivotal this time around? >> sure. there are two reasons why the c...

If you look at other early return states like colorado, certainly florida, ohio, iowa, and north carolina where i just did as precall this morning where we reported on the latest statistics, steve, we like where we are at this point as compared to where the nominee was in 2012 in terms of absentee ballot requests and early returns and the like. and so nevada is a place we are gearing up. weve improved this week but were gearing up for a really good day of performance to carry the state. i also w...

That was a three-point lead. today, you have two new polls out, good, solid polls. abc and nbc, which say that the lead is now 4%. can they breathe easy that you have now gotten just out of the margin of error? >> you know, not really. a couple of polls is not enough to firmly conclude that the race has shifted from a three-point lead to a four-point lead. i dathink that when the clinton campaign looks at the electoral see a fairly clear path to they victory. i think they lead in states worth mo...

Clintons electoral map advantage. take a look at the most recent poll. in michigan, 42% to 38%. thats a four-point race in a state where barack obama beat mitt romney by nine points. this is too close for comfort for the democrats. thats why you see so much campaign activity there. also out last night, brand new des moines register poll in iowa, 46% to 39%, seven-point lead for donald trump in iowa. this causes concern not so much about iowa, which the clinton folks already thought was out of re...

Investigation. as for donald trump, we havent heard from him directly on this, as he campaigns here in minnesota. as you pointed out, this has been a blue bastion for three decades. all the polls show trump trailing behind. his campaign manager, kellyanne conw conway, is insisting their internal numbers show them tied. he hasnt had a presence here. this is his first rally in the state. he doesnt have a crowd organization to capitalize it if they did see a sudden surge of momentum. it is a long s...

Is happening in iowa. lets go to the electoral map and look at the path to 270. hillary clinton at 268, only two shy of 270. where does she go to find it? they feel pretty good about nevada. they think the early vote there is really good. that gets her over to 274. but this is whats critical. if donald trump is able to dig into a place like michigan, look at that. it drops hillary clinton down to 258. where does she go to find the rest? she must get a big battleground prize like florida or north...

Today. the news from nevada has been very positive in terms of the large number of hispanic votes, which they think helps them. >> thats a great point. let me walk you through that whole strategy on what the clinton campaign would need to do and why either nevada or new hampshire is so important. you look at our current battleground map. hillary clinton has the advantage, 274. thats more than the 270 needed to win the presidency. donald trump is at 180. say you end up taking nevada off the map s...

Outright lies. >> but now, we act like i guess this is normal. and as if its some parody. you cant tell the difference between "saturday night live" and whats actually happening on the news. >> well, on tuesday night, you will be able to tell the difference. election night is the series finale, but its serious business. right now, conventional wisdom holds that race has tightened. the trump campaign says its expanding the map, finding new paths to 270 electoral votes. that has some trump critics...

Should treat women. that scares me, that scares me a lot, so hillary has my vote. >> with just two days left, were covering every angle. jolean is in ohio with student voters. mark murray is right here to break down the map to 270. jacob rascon is in denver with the trump team. we begin with kristen welker with the clinton campaign. shes in philadelphia. kristen, good morning to you. secretary clinton and president obama, theyre both now going to michigan tomorrow for two separate events. what...

Week, a college town in a blue county on a stack of blue counties. i dont know what he thinks hes going to gain from going there except the media market of minneapolis/st. paul. >> we were talking earlierub about, look, if early voting trends hold in nevada and hillary clinton were to win nevada, the path to 270 gets very narrow indeed. >> and virginia is -- >> and virginia -- >> virginia is basically gone. >> and colorado appears that way. and so part of this sort of im going to michigan, im go...